CSC 110An Introduction to Computing Science

Fall Semester, 2003

Credits/Hours:
3 credits (3 lecture hours + 1.5 lab hours per week)

Calendar Description:
An historical overview of the development of modern computers; computer applications and the social implications of information technology; the user interface and system design principles; introduction to programming and the software life cycle; overview of programming languages and introduction to program translation; gates, circuits, and Boolean logic; the architecture of a von Neumann machine; Turing machines and the theory of
computation; artificial intelligence; computers and society.

The Analytical Engine, an Introduction to Computer Science using the Internet. R. Decker & S. Hirshfield, Brooks/Cole Publishing.
The Analytical Engine Online (the authors' web site for their text book).